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Binding from Two Works of Sa`di: The Rose Garden (Gulistan) and The Orchard (Bustan)
Walters manuscript W.619 is bound in an original leather binding (with a flap). The binding has dentelle-style decorated boards and doublures of brown leather with gold-painted filigree work on a multi-colored ground of blue, green, red, and black.
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Folio H: 12 5/8 x W: 8 7/16 in. (32.0 x 21.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.619.binding
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